honey locust wood gloat

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splinter99

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The wife and I have been gathering, cutting, splitting and stacking firewood the past few weeks. Today while I was at work she plugged away at splitting, and restacking some of our piles of wood. When I got home from work I noticed a log laying on the steps to my shop. I came in the house and asked her what was up with the log on the steps, She replied that she thought it looked strange and I might like it...I went to investigate and found the most extreme curly honey locust that I have ever seen.Turns out this is some wood I found laying along the road when I went to visit a fellow wood turner, He said he didnt want to mess with it so I put what I could in my van and still have room for the wife and kid(offered to come back and pick them up but they wouldnt hear of it).
Right after dinner I went over and sawed a portion of it into blanks. I microwaved a blank and made a quick pen..
Half way through I had to stop and shoot a possum that my idiot dogs chased under my heating oil tanks but I think it came out ok. just another day on the farm
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Pen is a chrome Saturn from woodturningz/ca finish

Thanks for looking
 
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Fred

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I 'wood' say without a doubt that you definitely have a keeper with that wife of yours. She seems to be looking out for you all the way around!

Very nice wood and beautiful pen.

If it isn't to late I do believe that you need to get back over to your friend's place and pick up some more of this wood. You know we all want a piece don't you! :rolleyes:
 

woody350ep

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To me, that very closely resembles the Afzelia Xylay pen I recently did. Amazing how something domestic can mimic an exotic, isn't it?
 
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jackrichington

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stupid dogs? Your wife gotcha beutiful wood, and your dogs got ya possum 'fer dinner..and all you do is turn pens....HA
 

splinter99

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Thanks for all the nice comments folks..I cut up the rest of the log today and may offer some for sale in the Individual classified tomorrow
 
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